[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

[The Mangoe]

On 6/18/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/18/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Nevertheless, the pertinent issue
> > is whether it is against policy to edit through open proxies.

> I think the most pressing issue is not the policy thing, but that
> someone who wanted adminship was very keen to ensure that no one, not
> even the Foundation, could find out anything about them. Not even the
> location s/he edits from, or the ISP.

> Perhaps we should focus on that question: do we want any kind of
> minimum accountability from admins, or do we not care who they are, or
> that one person might easily be controlling multiple admin accounts?

Accountability is definitely an issue, but once accountability
requires identity, it really requires identity. IP addresses aren't
identity; they are, however, a useful expedient for blocking, which
seems to be the real intent here anyway.